ABSTRACT
Most treatises on the history and philosophy of the American labor movement have taken little of the painstaking inquiry necessary to establish the significance of Negro workers to trade unionism. The American Negro Labor Congress, organized in Chicago, 1925, is partial fruition of the Communists' avowal to organize the American Negro into a revolutionary working-class movement. The American Negro Labor Congress appears to be fundamentally a revolt against color psychology in the American labor movement and, incidentally, a protest against iniquities arising from the race distinctions perpetuated in American institutions. The American Negro Labor Congress' resolve to organize Negroes into their own labor unions has been anticipated by the Pullman porters. The association issued a proposal to the American Federation of Labor for beginning an intensive campaign of organization among Negro workers and for the education of white and black workers as to their community of economic interests. The interests of workingmen, white and black are common.
